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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    December 2014
    August 2014
    ISBN:
    9781107049345
    9781108067805
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107049345
    Dimensions:
    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.22kg, 164 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, History of Ideas, British History after 1450, History, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, History of Ideas, British History after 1450, History, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    A determined campaigner for women's rights, Jessie Boucherett (1825–1905) helped to draft Britain's first female suffrage petition in 1866 and founded the Englishwoman's Review in the same year. Originally published in 1863 and reissued here in its 1866 printing, the present work is her call to arms for young women of all classes to pursue their independence through education and employment. Emphasising the risk of trusting in men to provide for women, she urges her readers to support themselves, first through education and then through remunerative work. She includes examples of the various trades open to women and examines the cases of women who have not only succeeded but excelled in their occupations. The appendices give details of institutions where women could receive training. Reflecting and refining the Victorian concern with self-improvement, this work remains relevant to social historians and readers interested in the women's movement.

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